• 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    What do I miss here? Steam is a game purchase platform and game running environment, how are they “normalizing hate and extremism in the gaming community”?

    • PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works
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      They provide a bunch of other services tied in, like the reviews, Workshop, and most infamous, guides and forums. While the reviews and Workshop tend to not be too bad (although still often not great) the forums and guides tend to be completely unmoderated and as a result, devolve into spam and extremism.

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        1 month ago

        Today I learned …

        So I guess it was a good unintentional decision to not care about anything else except the games and the mods.

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      Steam is a game purchase platform and game running environment

      You just left out part that it has extensive community features too.